The BBTI is a patient self-report that assesses bowel and bladder functioning. It includes items about methods of defecation and urination, complications from SCI surgery, assistance with defecation & urination, and the client’s perceived quality of life (QOL).
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10-15 minutes
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yearsInitially reviewed by University of Illinois at Chicago Master of Science in Occupational Therapy students Simon Komar, Michael Krakau, and Sam Boyer.
The BBTI is in its earliest stages of utility.
There is no user manual.
After using the BBTI, the assessment authors recommend following up with the Behavioral Adherence Assessment of Bowel and Bladder Treatment (BAABBT).
Data not available, but the BBTI has been re-administered to consider change in client response over time.
Tate, D. G., Forchheimer, M. , Hartwig, R., & Kalpakjian, C. (2015, October). The Bowel and Bladder Treatment Index (BBTI): A new tool to assess bowel and bladder management in SCI. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 96(10), pp. e24-e25.
Tate, D., Forchheimer, M., Rodriguez, G., Chiodo, A., Pelletier, A., Meade, M., & Krassiousov, A. (2016). Risk factors associated with neurogenic bowel complications and dysfunction in spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 97. pp. 1679-1686.
Tate, D. (2017). Psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with bowel and bladder management after SCI. US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD.
We have reviewed more than 500 instruments for use with a number of diagnoses including stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury among several others.